E6600 OC, CoreTemp question...

[Kutark]

Ok guys. I finally found a decent heatsink that will fit in my system (CoolerMaster GeminII S)

I've been running Prime95 on both cores for over an hour now, and so far at 3.29ghz 1.376vcore, i havent breached 59C on either core (using CoreTemp).

Edit: Also thought i shoudl mention at idle its ~30-32c

I've read just about every guide i can find, and basically the only consistent thing i have found is that you shouldn't go over 60.1c as per intel's guidelines.

The issue i am having is 60.1c using what temperature reading tool. Lots of people claim that TAT is the one and only, lots of people swear by coretemp. Some people use speedfan...

I've also read that coretemp reports high. I'm really not sure.

Either way, i was hoping someone could shed some light on this as i am of course looking to get the most out of my CPU in terms of OC'ing. I would like to move up to 3.4ghz, but im pretty sure it will put it over 60c. If you guys think i should just sit chill and be happy, i'll do so. But i would appreciate some opinions. Thanks again everyone ;-).

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I encourage others to comment, but I'm quite sure that the spec is closer to 62C on the E6600, and the spec is for the TCase temperature sensor -- not the TJunction sensors that are read by CoreTemp.

If you review the spec at the Intel web-site, I think you'll find that TJunction temperatures exceed TCase by approximately 10C degrees for the E6600, and that was indeed my experience.

So it seems to me that you have a decent margin of safety.

I was able to OC an E6600 to between 3.35 and 3.4 Ghz, with voltage somewhere between 1.42 and 1.44V. Cooling can probably be enhanced in your system while continuing to deploy air-cooling approaches. And of course, the lower the stable voltage setting, the lower the load temperatures.

 

[Kutark]

Cool, i was able to hit 3.4ghz exactly still at 1.376v and it actually only hit 60c, so essentially it was only 1c "hotter" than at 3.29ghz.

I tried going up to 3.46 but it would crash shortly after hitting the desktop. I'm assuming that was probably a voltage related issue since i can't see the temps being the problem with a 60mhz difference?

Im thinking i should probably just stick with 3.4ghz and be happy ;-).